Operation .5 liters per cylinder.

Hmm, looks like gaskets, not baskets.

I can see it.

Lol, now it's showing up. Stupid phone/ autocorrect.

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Also, can any one point me towards some 20# objectors, and set of 328/M3 headers, and/ or a 540 MAF? I'd be much obliged.

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Why two gallons of BMW antifreeze? You planning on spilling a lot?

Owner's manual says the system holds 10.5 liters, mixing it 50/50 means I need 5.25 liters so I'll have 2.31 liters left over, assuming I don't spill any.

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As sad as it may be, this was probably one of the parts I was most excited about in this order. You have no idea (well, some of you probably do) how annoying it is to hear "your gas door is open" 26 times a day .

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Looking great so far man cant wait to see some pics of this beast going together

Thanks man. Engine stand gets here tomorrow, hoping to pull the engine this weekend and get it opened up so I can measure the bore and order piston rings.

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what comp you shooting for? and what kinda power you thinks she's gonna make once its finished up i mean it should put down some decent numbers

The specs will be very close to an s50.

I'm just using the original red label 413 DME with a chip from hackentt thanks to CJ. According to hackentt with a 3.5" MAF and 20# injecters it'll put 260 on the ground, not sure I trust that figure though . Plus with the M54 cam it has more low end power than an S50.

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My package from harborfreight got here a day early, engine stand is assembled, tomorrow I just have to finish clearing out the barn and moving my anvil, cut a more car size hole, throw down a few sheets of plywood and it'll be game on.

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"car sized hole" ummm what... dot dot dot hahaha cant wait to see some progress there bossman

It's all finally here (except piston rings which I'm waiting to order until I can measure the bore) Now I need to get some shut eye so I can get too it bright and early in the am.

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Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo :d

On a scale of one to kicks, how bad of an idea is it to push coolant out of the engine like this?.

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Let me put it this way......

Key, the expansion tank is a month old and I did wipe it off first. So far the only side effect is that my lungs feel like I just inflated 50 balloons.

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Chip is blowing his car.

Originally Posted by miles_trail

On a scale of one to kicks, how bad of an idea is it to push coolant out of the engine like this?.

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Other than the fact the ethylene glycol in coolant can kill your liver and kidneys it's no big deal...........

Wasn't syphoning and the ld/50 for ethylene glycol is 4700mg/kg and at around 90kg I think I'll live.

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Ran into my first couple of road blocks. #1 is that one of the screws that attaches the nose panel to the fender is being difficult and ate a T-30 torx bit.
#2 is that the guy I was going to borrow a hoist from hasn't gotten it back from the last person who borrowed it.

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You'll probably need to use a chisel to turn that torx head. Had that happen on my first e36.

Went to Lowe's and got a hardened bit and used my electric impact driver, came right out :thumb:.

I'm working on a wacky scheme for lifting the SOB out with out a hoist, but I don't want to give anything away until I have pics of my experiment.

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